A December ride

[pdedse]

The speed cameras really don't affect me much since I am not much of a speeder and I believe in slowing down for small communities anyway, but seeing as how they are operated by third party vendors who have a monetary interest in people getting cited and fined, you don't know how legit they are set up (as far as I know there is no standard of testing for them) and there is no one to argue with if you feel you were doing 34 in a 35 and got a $98 ticket for doing 37 in a 35 by the camera.

One local community lost a big lawsuit over it

https://www.journal-news.com/news/millio...O2ThnJWRM/

As far as I know the gov signed a law saying they were not legal as of July 2019, yet they keep popping up

https://fox8.com/2019/07/04/law-erasing-...t-in-ohio/

Nor do they affect me for the same reason...until I do speed just at the wrong time a mile or two over what their real limit is set at and then I get a $195 fine for non-perfect driving / riding...never mind it was a beautiful sunny day, not another car within site, no pedestrians around. I know, those aren't real excuses, and the camera is impartial, and I know one in my area should probably be there because people speed by peoples' homes with impunity--or at least they did until cameras were installed. Believe me, I'm not a speed demon! My KLR650 speedo reads about 5mph faster than what it should and that has saved me a few times I'm sure. But I do wonder if eventually there won't be cameras at every light, every stop sign, every half block...prolly not...probably not.

How about this? Use that high speed fine money to provide lottery amounts for those drivers/riders who never get tickets? Or for every other ticket given, that amount is used to pay for DMV or registration fees for randomly selected individuals with no tickets...then we have $ incentives to be better drivers...after all, isn't that what the cameras are installed for--to make us better drivers, reduce risk for all? Or are the cameras there to make a company money? No rant, just morning musings.

Hey you kids! Get off my grass!!